Hero Image showing in every page on Divi 5
I'm running Divi 5 on WordPress and have a persistent issue I can't resolve. Posting the full troubleshooting history since I've ruled out most common causes already. For reference, I'm not a web developer, I do this for my own business and to help out friends. I have used Divi for years, but this is the first real wall I've hit!
The issue is that when I create a home page with a specific hero/background image in the first section of that page, it bleeds over into every other page's first section. If I delete that first section, the image doesn't disappear, it just shows up on the new first section instead.
What I've already ruled out:
- Global Sections/Rows — checked the section for a global/chain-link indicator; not global.
- Divi Theme Builder — checked Header, Body, and Footer templates. Body template is completely empty. No separate "Homepage"-specific template exists.
- Theme Options, Custom CSS — only contains unrelated z-index rules for the header/nav, nothing referencing backgrounds.
- Appearance, Additional CSS — nothing.
- Caching plugins — updated all plugins and deactivated any that could affect website design. No change.
- Section's own Advanced tab Custom CSS box — empty, no manual CSS written there.
- Browser cache — ruled out via incognito testing.
- Deleting Image and replacing with new image — Same issue as before
What I found via browser DevTools:
Inspecting the affected section showed this auto-generated rule:
css
.et_pb_section_0 {
background-repeat: no-repeat !important;
background-image: url(...) !important;
}
I have tried everything to figure out why this is happening. Is this a known Divi behavior or something new? I'm about ready to quit using Divi and try something else at this point.